Border Wars

National Geographic takes you behind the scenes and gives you an inside look at the line of duty of the U.S. Border Partrol.

Genre: Reality-TV

Cast:Bill Graves , Rodd Houston , J.J. Carrell , Mark F. Harrison

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Death on the Rio Grande

Sun, Aug 29, 2010

National Geographic goes inside the US-Mexico border with unprecedented access to the growing arsenal of high tech cameras, ground radar, and skilled trackers who are faced with the challenge of controlling the desert every day.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Checkpoint Texas

Wed, Sep 1, 2010

Aviation Enforcement Pilot John Manheimer and his Black Hawk team struggle to track down and stop suspected illegal border crossers and drug smugglers in the rugged mountain terrain of the Sonoran Desert.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Lost in the River

Wed, Sep 15, 2010

Border Patrol Agents William Ortiz and Eduardo Berlanga intercept a pickup truck packed with people who have illegally crossed the border. The situation heats up when they find two young twin girls and a distrustful father.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Contraband Highway

Wed, Sep 8, 2010

Officer Hector Navarro stops a silver pickup truck at the Nogales port of entry. When suspicion prompts a canine sniff for narcotics a cleverly hidden trove of heroin is uncovered - breaking an all-time record for drug busts at this port of entry.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Dirty Money

Wed, Sep 29, 2010

An officer responsible for intercepting drug money being smuggled into Mexico detains a suspect and uncovers a stash of suspected contraband profits. CBP seeks out corruption within its own ranks, which can be vulnerable to cartel bribes and double agents. Two newly graduated agents put their training to the test in pursuit of illegal immigrants in the desert. After being beaten to the punch on their first assignment, they have a second chance when another group of crossers heads deep into the nearby mountains.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Fog of War

Wed, Oct 6, 2010

Officers and agents in San Diego discover thirty people elaborately concealed in a tractor-trailer, race to prevent people from illegally crossing the border under the cover of a blinding fog, and unearth a payload of hundreds of pounds of marijuana carefully hidden behind the cab of a tractor-trailer.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Hidden Narcotics

Wed, Oct 13, 2010

Officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection work 24/7 to patrol the border between San Diego, California and the Mexican city of Tijuana.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Manhunt

Wed, Oct 20, 2010

On the U.S.-Mexico border, officers and agents work to fight the threat of terrorism while remaining vigilant against illegal immigration and contraband smuggling.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Midnight Drug Run

Wed, Nov 3, 2010

Downtown, Border Patrol and ICE agents discover a major drug-running tunnel and suspected smugglers may still be inside.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ 3,000-Pound Coke Bust

Wed, Nov 10, 2010

Witness one of the Caribbean's largest drug busts of the year when more than 1.5 tons of cocaine are found aboard a Panamanian fishing boat heading to the U.S.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Murder on the Lake

Wed, Nov 17, 2010

National Geographic's ripped-from-the-headlines Border Wars special explores Mexico's drug war.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Gang Task Force

Wed, Dec 1, 2010

Agents turn a Miami gang member into an informant, raid a marijuana grow house, and intercept a boat carrying more than 500 pounds of cocaine.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ High-Speed Chase

Wed, Dec 8, 2010

Take chase with border agents as they pursue suspected illegal immigrants in brutal conditions.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Cartel Crackdown

Wed, Dec 15, 2010

Follow along as agents track a group of suspected illegal immigrants hiking through private ranchland on an unusual trail--one that's headed in the wrong direction.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Storm Surge

Wed, Dec 22, 2010

Border agents barter with a human smuggler who won't give up immigrants stranded in turbulent waters in the aftermath of Hurricane Alex.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Weed Warehouse

Wed, Jan 5, 2011

Following a high-speed chase, border agents uncover a huge load of marijuana in a flipped stolen vehicle.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Super Sunday

Mon, Jan 31, 2011

A week before Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, agents execute rigorous drills on land, water and in the air to prevent a security breach at America's largest sporting event.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Seize and Destroy

Sun, Sep 4, 2011

On this episode of Border Wars, find out what happens to contraband after it's seized by Customs and Border Protection.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Cocaine Sting

Sun, Sep 4, 2011

Agents in Puerto Rico enter one of San Juan's most notorious housing projects for an undercover "buy and bust" operation to intercept a dump truck full of cocaine, and race to find illegal immigrants who have landed on a secluded beach.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Marijuana Airdrop

Sun, Sep 11, 2011

In Arizona, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents dismantle a smuggler checkpoint in the remote desert section of Ajo and seize a vehicle carrying weapons and nearly $800,000 into Mexico.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Smuggler's Tunnel

Sun, Sep 18, 2011

Officers must patrol obscure spots along the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent smuggling.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Drug-Smuggling Grandma

Sun, Sep 25, 2011

Officers at a port of entry stop an unlikely but increasingly common drug smuggler - an elderly woman.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Murder Capital

Sun, Oct 2, 2011

Border Wars journeys across the U.S./Mexico border for a unique view into one of the world's most dangerous cities -Ciudad Juarez.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Cartel Corridor

Sun, Oct 16, 2011

Along the southern Arizona border, agents travel into the heart of cartel territory persuade illegal migrants from crossing.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Contraband Cargo

Sun, Oct 23, 2011

Border Patrol agents fight a constant battle to prevent the drug wars in Ciudad Juarez from spilling into neighboring El Paso, Texas--one of the safest cities in America.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Going Underground

Sun, Oct 30, 2011

Agents and officers work around the clock to secure the border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ River Under Siege

Sun, Nov 6, 2011

CBP Agents face the difficult challenge of defending a border drawn by the narrow, meandering course of the Rio Grande River.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Toxic Drug Tanker

Sun, Nov 13, 2011

At the southernmost tip of Texas is the Rio Grande Valley - a vast and sparsely populated region. As Mexican drug cartels expand their reach north of the border, the US Department of Homeland Security must rely on every available resource to find and apprehend smugglers and illegal immigrants.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Million Dollar Stash

Sun, Nov 20, 2011

In this episode of Border Wars, we travel to the Rio Grande Valley in the southernmost tip of Texas. Along a sixty-mile stretch from McAllen to Brownsville, drug smugglers and illegal immigrants risk their lives to cross the floodwaters of the Rio Grande and make illegal entry to the United States.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ River Standoff

Sun, Nov 27, 2011

The Rio Grande Valley is a main battlefront in the war against illegal trafficking.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Bullets Over the Border

Mon, Jul 16, 2012

Agents search for an armed smugglers fleeing a shoot-out with the Mexican military. Once at the riverbanks, they find a suspected smuggler who has been shot 5 times. Their mission quickly changes to saving the man's life.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Meth Mobile

Mon, Jul 16, 2012

Drug smuggling has reached "Texas-sized" proportions in the Rio Grande Valley.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Contraband Corridor

Mon, Jul 23, 2012

Law enforcement battles to intercept the massive flow of illicit traffic moving through the Rio Grande Valley.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Rio Grande Reefer

Mon, Jul 30, 2012

The Border Patrol fights back against the criminals who use the Rio Grande to cross the border with their contraband.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Hidden Tunnel

Mon, Aug 6, 2012

In the southern border towns of Douglas and Nogales, Ariz., agents uncover new and more cunning methods smugglers create to avoid detection, including a drug tunnel under the border.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Cartel Cash Stash

Mon, Aug 13, 2012

Along the southern Arizona border at the port of entry, agents detain two families within a 24-hour period, driving similar SUVs and carrying a combined total of nearly $1 million in cash and drugs.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Teenage Drug Mules

Mon, Aug 20, 2012

Agents and officers work around the clock to secure the border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Tunnel Smoke-out

Mon, Aug 27, 2012

Border Patrol agents cut off a getaway car as it tries to flee the scene of a drug drop in ranchland east of Nogales, Ariz.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Midnight Drug Trap

Mon, Sep 3, 2012

Downtown, Border Patrol and ICE agents discover a major drug-running tunnel and suspected smugglers may still be inside.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Cocaine Paradise

Mon, Sep 10, 2012

In Puerto Rico, agents keep a high-value drug seizure from South America secure as they transport it back to San Juan. They also use a DASH 8 plane and radar to find and seize a small drug-running boat in the dangerous Mona Passage.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Cocaine Dump Truck

Mon, Sep 17, 2012

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Cash in the Tank

Mon, Sep 24, 2012

When the Coast Guard rescues Cuban refugees from a remote island in the Mona Passage, Customs and Border Protection agents must race to intercept them and verify their identities.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Traffic

Wed, Nov 14, 2012

Ride along as a Customs and Border Protection helicopter and Border Patrol riverboat assist agents on the ground as they pursue suspected drug mules running through the dense brush on an action-packed chase along the Rio Grande.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ War Games

Wed, Nov 21, 2012

In Mission, Texas, Officer Heather Schrock is in a high-speed chase with a car reported to be carrying drugs.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ War on the Streets

Wed, Nov 28, 2012

Go on patrol on the South Texas border, which is separated from Mexico only by the Rio Grande River.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Special Ops

Wed, Dec 5, 2012

Meet specially trained agents and officers equipped to combat the border problems that prevail in South Texas.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Rio Grande Rookies

Wed, Dec 12, 2012

In the border town Havana, new agent Rodney Garza plays a role in tracking a suspected smuggler, who is subsequently arrested.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ The War Comes Home

Wed, Dec 19, 2012

Sometimes, the lure of easy money turns ordinary citizens into criminals. Along the border, drug trafficking and illegal immigrant smuggling don't affect just law enforcement--they touch everybody in the community.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Animals on the Frontline

Wed, Jan 2, 2013

Follow agents and their animal partners as they work tirelessly for Border Patrol and border town police departments, proving that the men and women working to protect the border couldn't be as effective without the help of these animals in action.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Smuggler's Stash

Wed, Jan 9, 2013

Laredo narcotics officers raid a residence in a school zone after a confidential informant buys crack cocaine direct from a drug dealer's house.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ 24-Hour Watch

Wed, Jan 16, 2013

The action on the border runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Follow Border Patrol Agents and local law enforcement as they work around the clock to stop trafficking across the US border.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Cash and Corruption

Wed, Dec 12, 2012

Border Wars explores Money and Corruption - speaking truths of an America few have seen in the Rio Grand Valley, a 43,000 square mile area of South Texas.